there he was on cbs saying you have to do something to lower people's expectations. the entitlements and what people think they're going to get because they're not going to get it. >> thanks to you! >> stephanie: blankfein proceeded to lecture his interviewer social security wasn't devised to be a system that supported a 30 year retirement after a 25-year career. blankfein think that the average retiree has spent only 25 years in the workplace instead of 45. does goldman sachs do all of its math like this? anyway, good points. no business, no agency makes plans today based on the vision of the world 20 years from now. ibm doesn't do it, google doesn't do it. the department of defense doesn't do it, not even life insurance companies do it. the reason they don't make bets on the distant future is because it is unknowable. anyway. he closes by saying there is a big difference between making a congressional budget and fundamental changes as complex as social security and medicare. the life-span of a congressional budget is two years max because no congress can combine. s